What "amazing fact" or colloquialism do you know is actually wrong, and you're sick of correcting people about it?

TestZero · 3 days

That you lose a mysterious 21 grams when you die. This was a flawed experiment done in the early 1900s link.

iHateBigMoth · 8 days

Also, living off campus is much cheaper, but you will have to try a lot harder to make friends.

iHateBigMoth · 8 days

Apply to OSAP early so that you know what your budget looks like in first year. Also, applying to OSAP too late will disqualify you from the Queen Elizabeth scholarship.

iHateBigMoth · 8 days

This. Do not waste money on textbooks. See if you can download copies, buy international versions (biblio.com) for $30, check amazon. If nothing else wait until the first day of class to find out if the professor is going to use the textbook.

Everyone buys the chemistry textbook in first year and most people only use it for the damn periodic table in the back cover.

iHateBigMoth · 8 days

This depends on if you live at home during co-op. If you don't then you will be hard pressed able to pay for 8 months of living + 4 months of tuition.

iHateBigMoth · 8 days

Don't assume you will get these things, I have gone through the appeals process and ended up with nothing and no explanation as to why not. You also have to wait a few weeks from the time you file to the time you get to talk to them, so file your osap EARLY.

erOhead · 16 days

What do you think Canada can do to help tech entrepreneurs like yourself be successful without moving to the valley?

bluesunglasses2134 · 1 month

If I recall, the main reason UW stopped using ACE because it is no longer supported / under development.

hryniehan · 1 month

smacks forehead gravy on top man! cmon!

sstteeff · 1 month

I recently graduated from Computer Engineering, so I will do my best to answer you.

You don't have to be a genius to pass, but it is a difficult and high workload program program. It takes hard work and dedication and there are times when you have back to back projects, assignments, and exams without time to stop in between. I think the key to doing well is being interested and motivated enough by the subject material to be able to work through all the math and physics.

You will have to learn a lot in very little time, much faster than high school. If you are not motivated or interested in the subject material then you will find yourself up against an impossible wall. The program is typically made up of students like yourself who were in the top of their class in high school, but it's not full of prodigies.

If you think this is the program for you and are up for the challenge then you should go for it, you may never find out what you are truly made of otherwise!

bsimpson · 1 month

Its a theming of the top bar on Reddit for a subreddit who has done a good job of bringing more people to the website. I don't know why you feel so entitled to have reddit operate YOUR way, but if they want to recognize people who bring in lots of new users then they are allowed to.

You sure are a grumpy person.

bsimpson · 1 month

It's still in a different country. Most Canadians live within 240 km (150 miles) from the US border, does that mean they're essentially americans?

The competition was open to countries with higher education around the world, I'm sorry that it was mostly north americans who were interested. Maybe that will inspire more competition from international schools next time.

gingerballz · 1 month

It was only a matter of dime.

Coolguy_McAwesome · 1 month

We got a $75 ticket for having one WHEEL on the lawn.

CaseProtag · 2 months

As an Engineering graduate of Waterloo, I'm proud to have gone there. It really does have a great reputation out in the industry. When you're immersed in Waterloo for so long its hard to take a step back and realize the most important part of your journey: your peers.

Many people complain that the lab equipment is outdated, course material is disorganized, etc. etc. but at the end of the day the environment you're in is one where you are surrounded by many smart motivated people who then go out in the world and accomplish a great deal. I've learned a lot from my classmates especially those who are highly motivated by the material we studied together. Whether it is intentional or not, many of my frustrations while at Waterloo prepared me really well for my career. Students from UW have a reputation in the industry of pretty much being able to handle anything.

When I interviewed for one of my co-op jobs in the US, the director of engineering for the team told me "All of our best interns have come from Waterloo". Considering the number of high quality institutions in the US in concert with its world-dominant tech sector, it's pretty amazing that Waterloo is up there.

In closing, Waterloo sucks but it produces great people and if you are a career oriented person studying in a comprehensive field then it is absolutely the right place for you.

dzamir · 2 months

If you find Metro to be such a jarring experience then you can pin your most commonly used programs to your task bar. If you do this you will rarely need to go to into Metro.

DillonJMcGuire · 3 months

I don't know, everyone says campus pizza sucks but I never got sick of it all the way to graduation. There's something addicting about the greasy shittyness of the pizza that makes it delicious, especially when you're hammered or hungover.

Me and my girlfriend still go back there and order a pizza when I'm back in Waterloo, I don't think I'll ever get sick of the place. Maybe its the first year nostalgia seeping into the crust, but my girlfriend likes it too and she never went to Waterloo.

_Garbage_ · 3 months

I feel like Software has a great impact on the bottom line as well.

alpha_omicron · 3 months

I'm sure you're right and if you were a serious candidate I might even voice my opinion on your behalf. However I am unwilling to rally behind someone who's apparent intention is to make a joke out of the election.

jakyll · 4 months

I used to work at Tim Horton's and the first time I double toasted a bagel I let it go through twice at normal speed. If you do this the bagel will be charred black and inedible. You have to run it through the second time at a faster speed.

I also worked night shift. One night I found out that if you run it through three times it will catch on fire. Heheheheh.

Spelunkert · 4 months

hahaha you should x-post this to pics or funny.

falcon_gamer · 4 months

My strategy for this was to practice being overconfident. This meant taking a strong stance on something that I didn't really know the answer to. It wasn't bombing the interview because I would give good answers to things I actually knew about, but the interviewer could pick up that I had this weird soft-skill problem of insisting on having the right answer when I didn't.

I can't make any statement about whether this was a good idea or not, its just what I did a couple of times.

cupidscove · 4 months

That strategy seemed to pan out for them though ;)

calmblueocean · 4 months

Great, now when will they offer coffee sleeves instead of having to double cup the hot liquids?

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